Integer overflow in src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c in PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and earlier, and 8.5 through 8.5alpha2, allows remote…

Description

Integer overflow in src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c in PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and earlier, and 8.5 through 8.5alpha2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SELECT statement with many LEFT JOIN clauses, related to certain hashtable size calculations.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (16)

• [pgsql-bugs] 20091028 BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0427 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0428 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b057e6823655fb6c5d1f24a28f236b94dd6c54 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 39820 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 38619 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100316 Re: CVE Request: postgresql integer overflow in hash table size calculation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [pgsql-bugs] 20091030 Re: BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [pgsql-bugs] 20091029 Re: BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100309 CVE Request: postgresql integer overflow in hash table size calculation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [pgsql-bugs] 20091029 Re: BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546621 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1197 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:59 UTC.